“ The words which you have been so good as to address me with, on behalf of yourself and those around you, I have heard with mingled emotions of sorrow and gratitude; of sorrow because they annouce the termination of the intimate official intercourse which has existed between us, the kindly tone of which has already brought me unalloyed gratification; emotion of gratitude, because I welcome these words as the expression of that friendship and confidence on your part which I have so earnestly desired to gain, and the recollection of which I shall ever cherish with pleasure and with pride. ”

“ To the high personal enjoyment which I have in the retrospect of our relations there is added at this time a loftier one, growing out of that conviction which seems to prevail alike within and without, that the Patent Office was never in a more prosperous condition than at this moment. The inventive genius of this great and free people, tameless and dazzling in its play as the lightning that flashes from the storm-cloud, was never more active, never more triumphant. ”

“ Gentlemen:- It affords me much pleasure to bear testimony to the able and efficient manner in which you discharged your duties as Solicitors of Patents which I had the honor of holding the office of Commissioner. Your business was very large, and you sustained (and, I doubt not, justly deserved) the reputation of energy, marked ability, and uncompromising fidelity in performing your professional engagements. ”